Russell Shomberg, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, United States, Isabelle A Rathun, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, United States, Cy E. Keener, University of Maryland, Art Department, College Park, Maryland, United States, Lars Henrik Smedsrud, Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway, Christopher Metzler, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Computer Science, College Park, United States and Ignatius Rigor, Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Lab, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States